35.4% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kotara · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A much lower share of people have moved into Kotara recently compared to the rest of the country. While 35.4% of residents changed homes in the last five years, this is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This stability sits alongside a high number of overseas arrivals.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 35.4% of people moved home in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, but remains well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9%.
35.4% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 14.1% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
14.1% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Kotara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12208/kotara/topic/mobility-location